Automatic car-fender.



"No-815,926. t PATENTED MAR.'20;'1906. -'B.'-LEV..'

AUTOMATIC GAR FENDER;

APPLIOATION FILED mu 18.1904.

WITNESSES: r INVENTOR.

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\ Which will enable othersskilled in the art to fender mechanism thereon.

-' up or rotated into protecting position, as seen reaction from the fender-spring or buffer.

interposes a barrier at the front of the car- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. A

BENJAMIN LEV, OF CLEVELAND OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO" ECLIPSE RAILWAY SUPPLY 00., OF KANSASCITY, MISSOURI, A COR- PORATION OF DELAWARE. I

AUTOMATIC CAR-FENDER.

No. s15,92

Specification of Letters Patent.

atented March 20, 1906 To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN LEV, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oleve land, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new-and useful Improvements in Automatic Oar-Fenders; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description'ofthe'invention,

which it 'appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in automatic car-fenders and the invention consists in the construction of the fender mechanism, substantially as shown and described, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

Intl'ie accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a car and my improved Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the said mechanism .and a fragment of the car supporting the same; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of said mechanism, showing especially the automatic partsat one side thereof.

The main object of the invention thus shown is to automatically tilt the roller or tripping member of the fender into a substantially vertical position when the fender-carrier is reversed, so as to throw up a front guard across the carrier and protect anyone who is picked up by the carrier and prevent their being thrown forward off the same by To these ends the said mechanism comprises a suitable supporting-frame A, hangers B, carrier O, spring-frame or bufier E, stay-chains F for said parts, and a roller or tripper-frame D at the front of the carrier. No novelty especially is claimed for any of these partsin themselves except the carrier and the tripper at the front thereof and the means whereby the said tripperis thrown in Fig. 2, whenthe said frame O is turned down at'the rear, as in said figure. This rier, so that a picked-up body will be detained thereon and cannot roll or be thrown out over the front of the carrier, and the means for bringing the frame D into such protecting position or relation consist in a segment G, fixed rigidl to the sides of frame 0 and hanging beneat the same and provided with teethon its inside, and. a sector H,- rigid upon'the side arms (1 of the frame D beneath their pivots d on the supporting-frame A and.

in mesh with segment G; A sto g on segment G prevents the dropping of rame D be- F connect with said brackets at their front ends and are suitably supported on the car at their rear ends, as usual.

j A roller N or equivalent tripping device may be used in connection with frame D, and the said frame is constructed in like manner upon both sides of the fender and has a cross connecting bar or rod (1 rigidly uniting the sides thereof. Connection between said frame D and the carrier through the two parts G and H is positive, and the position of the carrier determines the position of said frame. Hence it follows that instantly when a person has been tripped and thrown upon the carrier the tripping-frame changes both its position and character and becomes a life-guard or protector across the front of the carrier. Thus it remains until the body or weight has been removed from the carrier,

when the carrier and said device D are thrown again into normal position.

.Any mechanism which will automatically and positively move the tripper or tripping device orframe from one position to the other with the movements of the carrier and 1 to move said device into a guarding position across the frontv and top of the carrier when the carrier drops at its rear, said mechanism comprising means to tilt the said tripping device on its pivots.

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2. In car-fenders, a carrier and a tripping device at its front and a support ,on which said parts are separately pivoted, and automatic mechanism for actuating said device having its controlling member rigid with said carrier, substantially as described.

3. In car-fenders, a carrier and a tripping device and a support on which said parts are pivoted, a toothed segment on the side of the carrier and a toothed sector onsaid tripping device engaging said segment, whereby the tripping device is rotated by-the carrier, substantially as described. 7

4. In car-fenders, a pivoted carrier and a spring-buffer behind the same, in combination with a pivoted tripping device in front 

